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OSFR President Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson and John Jopling, President of Ichetucknee Alliance Interviewed by Sun

June 18, 2014 Environmental Threats, Water Quantity Threats - Minimum Flows & Levels (MFLs) (set by DEP), THREATS, State Government Threats, Miscellaneous, Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs), Publications (letters, opinion pieces) by Ichetucknee Alliance Leave a Comment on OSFR President Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson and John Jopling, President of Ichetucknee Alliance Interviewed by Sun
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Gainesville Sun reporter Chris Curry interviewed John Jopling, president of the Ichetucknee Alliance, and Merrillee
Malwitz-Jipson, president of Our Santa Fe River, about the groups’ current challenges to the Ichetucknee MFLs and a large consumptive use water permit issued by Suwannee River Water Management District.
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OSFR President Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson

Gainesville Sun photographer Erica Brough took photos.
This post by Karma Norijn Lhamo
Tags: legal challenge, Gainesville Sun, Ichetucknee Alliance, Suwannee River Water Management District
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The goal of the Ichetucknee Alliance is to ensure the restoration, preservation, and protection for future generations of the ecosystems along the full 5.5 mile length of the Ichetucknee River, including all its associated springs. http://ichetuckneealliance.org/

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